I suspect that the main problem is Microsoft's habit of making file
extensions invisible by default. I hate this setting with a passion,
because it causes so many problems and far more confusion than it
fixes. The whole point of file extensions, as far as I'm aware, was
always to indicate what FORMAT the file is in. And as far as I'm aware,
the icon has always (in Windows at least) been used simply to show which
program would OPEN the file by default. When file extensions are
hidden, people are more likely to confuse the default program and the
format of the file.
James, all I can recommend is to make sure file extensions are turned ON
in Windows :-/
- Naomi
Hello, Everyone on our Forum, regarding Anthony's Post. Thanks, Dan, for
trying to answer his problem, but I'm not sure the WORD/OOo interchangeability
problems are being addressed. Does anyone see the similarities to my
problem/post a couple days ago? ... i.e. the conversion factors from OOo to
Word (PDF, .SXW, .DOC, WordPad, etc.) ... or am I totally off base? I'm quite
fine if anyone tells me I'm missing the point here (at least that would help me
move on to other possible solutions).
I appreciated the posts attempting to resolve my particular problem in this
regard, but they didn't help me get a solution ... either because I'm dumb (to
which I readily admit without shame), or there's something wrong with OOo 2
Beta. I didn't have these problems with 1.1.4.
Since I couldn't resolve the problem in OOo 2 (1.9 beta), today I tried to
re-install the stable version 1.1.4. to see if I'm totally wacko about this
problem. Well, that didn't work either ... It's been so long since I installed
OOo at all, I'm having problems even trying to install the 1.1.4 too ... Gaw! I
can't imagine what the Newbies are going through.
So, if there are any "Experts" on OOo out there, please continue to try helping
us out with this Microsoft Word versus Open Office conversion. I thought that's what
this whole project is about.
Thanks.
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